The Maritime Executive
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ABP Southampton Welcomes Record-Breaking Vehicle Carrier Glovis Lighthouse
[By ABP Ports] The Glovis Lighthouse called at ABP Southampton on the 14th of July. It is the largest vehicle carrier to call at t...
Balenciaga Shipyard Restarts Operations with First Keel Laying
[By Balenciaga Shipyard] Balenciaga Shipyard today held the keel laying ceremony of its first vessel since restarting operations,...
Repsol Supplies First Bioethanol to Maersk in the Port of Barcelona
[By Repsol] Repsol has successfully supplied 2,800 tons of bioethanol to a Maersk container vessel, Antonia Maersk, in the first b...
HD Hyundai and Kiewit Offshore Announce Partnership for US Shipbuilding
[By Kiewit Offshore Services] HD Hyundai and Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd. (KOS) today announced they have entered into a Strateg...
USCG Resumes Monitoring of Chinese Research Vessels Entering the Arctic
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that it has again begun monitoring as Chinese research vessels entered the Bering Sea and transited t...
Great Lakes Boaters Risk Prison or Fines Due to Hoax Distress Calls
The U.S. Coast Guard is sounding the alarm over the rise of hoax distress calls that are making the agency divert rescue crews and...
Ireland Finally Gets Rid of Seized Bulker After Three Years and €16M Cost
Irish officials are happy to see the last of the bulker Mathew as it was towed out of the Port of Cork on Friday afternoon. The no...
UK Denies Bail to Chinese Captain of Detained Shadow Fleet Tanker
The UK is setting the stage for the trial of a Chinese national who was the captain of the first shadow fleet tanker the UK detain...
Philly Shipyard to Build Missile Tracking Vessels Under New MARAD Contract
During the christening ceremony for the fourth U.S. Maritime Administration training ship, Lone Star State, it was revealed that t...
Russia Strikes Mykolaiv as Ukraine Continues Unrelenting Shipping Attacks
Russian drones struck the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv for the second time in recent days on Friday morning, July 17, as the two sid...